AND THEIR CULTURE. 



covered with earth between a quarter and half an 

 inch deep. If the whole of the seeds grow, the 

 plants may nevertheless be left without thinning, as 

 some or other of them will get the start of the rest, 

 and make room for themselves. 



The Juniper is an evergreen which ought by no 

 means to be despised in ornamenting forest scenery. 

 It will grow in a considerable degree of shade, and 

 is easily propagated. In many of our woods and 

 waste lands, indeed, it grows naturally ; but when 

 this is not the case, it may be raised by scattering 

 its berries on the ground where it is wanted. 



The Yew is very handsome, and no evergreen is 

 more celebrated. Though it grows to the size of a 

 tree, it may be made to fill the subordinate place of 

 underwood, as it thrives extremely well in the shade. 

 Its berries may be sown as directed for those of the 

 holly, or plants of it, five or six years old, may be 

 procured from the nursery. It is perhaps the slow- 

 est grower of all the trees that are natives of this 

 country. We must be cautious of planting yew in 

 places to which cattle have access, as it is to them a 

 deadly poison. 



There are two climbing or running plants, which 

 may be made to supply the place of shrub-ever- 

 greens, and are highly ornamental. These are the 



